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How do you feel about Tom Scott going on hiatus after 10 years? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 10 months ago by lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/casualconversation@lemmy.world

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I'll admit I'm a little lost/down, it came out of nowhere! Over the years he's produced an endless stream of genuinely interesting videos. I can't really think of any other video hosts that can make a wide range of topics sound so interesting.

Probably I'm just scared of change...

On the flip side though, I'm really happy that he's decided his personal happiness is more important, and has decided to focus on people close to him.

What are your thoughts?

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[-] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social -5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Literally don't care but maybe I'm not his target demographic. I feel like it's because I'm a bit too old to think of YouTube as a platform for anything serious. Yes, by now I'm sure folks put good quality there but no that doesn't make me want to watch it.

I honestly don't even know who he is...

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I feel like it's because I'm a bit too old to think of YouTube as a platform for anything serious.

I mean there are literally full college courses on YouTube, and everything between that and entertainment. !opencourselectures@slrpnk.net is a Lemmy community that aggregates these courses.

[-] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah, cool? I don't need or care about that... Like I said, I understand there's decent stuff there now, I'm just not going to go because it's not the only source of information out there, I still have a gut reaction of "YouTube = retarded," and, on some levels, why watch someone explain something that I can read myself?

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago

That's pretty much where I'm at. There's great content on YouTube, but for every minute of quality there's millions of minutes of utter garbage. I don't like the idea of wading through it, just feels like a huge waste of time unless I have a link to something specific I'm pretty sure I'll like.